Artrageous is a term we in Van Wert have heard for the past decade or so.\u00a0Some time ago, Main Street Van Wert teamed with Wassenberg Art Center to create a summer event featuring artists and crafters who displayed their work outside on Main Street under canopies.\u00a0This event eventually merged with the successful Peony Festival weekend held the first weekend of June.\u00a0This festival event continues today and has teamed up with The Van Wert County Foundation\u2019s first summer concert in Fountain Park.<\/p>\n
So when I saw the name Artrageous come across my computer, it caught my attention.\u00a0This time, however, it was actually a concert with that name.\u00a0As I watched the promotion video of the performance, I thought it was an amazing show which combined visual and performing arts.\u00a0I fell in love with the idea of bringing visual arts to life through music.\u00a0We booked it for the Niswonger Performing Arts Center and it will be coming to Van Wert on Saturday, March 11.<\/p>\n
To help you understand what this concert event will be, imagine an artist creating a masterpiece before your eyes in mere moments. \u00a0With a palette that also mixes captivating vocals and intricate choreography. \u00a0Artrageous takes audiences on a one-of-a-kind visual journey packed with wild inspiration, creativity, and fun. The Artrageous artists, musicians, singers, and dancers pay tribute to a variety of art forms, pop icons, and musical genres throughout the evening. The result is a uniquely entertaining show culminating in a gallery of fabulous finished paintings. This music-based troupe has performed for the likes of Sir Richard Branson, Steve Forbes, and General Colin Powell at more than 2,000 events all over the world, from Paris to Thailand.<\/p>\n
If you are in attendance, you will see accomplished artists creating paintings on large canvases placed on the stage behind accomplished performers playing and singing music of that artist who is being painted.\u00a0 It could be anyone from John Lennon to Elvis and Ray Charles to Frank Sinatra, just to name a few.\u00a0 By the time the performers are done singing the song, we will have a finished painting right before our very eyes.\u00a0 You may even have the chance to bid on the paintings after the concert as you can take an up close look at the finished product.<\/p>\n